If you want to know where Russell’s from, look at his
socks. The CMC senior is renowned for both his red-and-yellow socks
bearing the sun symbol of the Zia and his history as lead singer in
a punk rock band. In his former life he rocked out on rooftops; in
his old age he is settling down as Web Editor for the Portside. But
his heart is forever aflame with love for his cacti-studded,
sun-scoured homeland: Albuquerque. Russell attended Albuquerque
High School and is now majoring in History and Government. Though
he spent a summer mentoring children of American servicemen
stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany, he speaks no German. Russell
speaks one language alone: the language of the desert.